The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-04-27
AFTER NEWS ITEMS.

A shocking railroad accident is re-
ported by telegraph from Washington Ter
ritory. west-bound train on the Cascade
Division OF the Northern Pacific Road, push
ing fat-car loaded with laborers, was going
around q curve leading to tresue at good
rate of speed when il ran into an engine going
east tender first The fat-car was pushed
half way through the tender and crushed up
against the pilot of the west-bound train, on
which were two men. The unfortuates were
crushed to pulp, only foot and one hand be-
ing left by which to identity them The
engine was knocked eighty feet. Five men
were killed outright and one has since died
The scene of the accident, as described by
those present. beggars description. Blood was
scattered in every direction, and neighboring
rocks bore evidence OF a fearful carnage. The
accident was caused by the failure of one of
the trains crew to flag as directed.
Sam Jones and Sam Small began re-
vival meetings in the Exposition building at
Minneapolis, Mimi, last Sunday Over three
thousand people attended the first meeting and
hundreds were unable to enter the building.
Details of the destruction wrought
by the recent cyclones in the West and South
west indicate that the loss of life was much
greater than first reported The storm raw
aged strip of territory about 500 miles long
and from half mile to mile wide. A tornado
in the vicinity of Mount Carmel, H., caused
$4,000 damage to property John H. Wrth
and Lewis Kerstein, were killed. and Harvey
Riggs, two sons of Mr. Hutchins, Miss Mag
gle Wirth, and Mrs. john Keller were seri-
ously hurt James ii. Knott and Scott Selby
were killed by cyclone which passed near
Hazelton, Ind Great damage was done to
property. The small village of West Buena
Vista, Ind, was seriously wrecked, only two
houses remaining uninjured. An Evansville
dispatch says that small black cloud sud-
denly appeared in the west, moved east
and when directly over the farmhouse
of Lemuol Stansberry it exploded with a
terrific force, and what appeared to be a ball
of wind attacked the house with terrific fury
blowing off the roof, tearing out one section
of the house, and playing havoc generally
Leaving the house, it tore down the eastern
fence and then died away. There was no
rainfall or lightning with the cloud-burst
The Knights of Labor organization
in New York is threatened with disruption,
the immediate cause of the trouble being the
persistent refusal of the Executive Board to
give the Knights Of the Montank District a
charter. Other districts have taken up the
fight and the result of it all will be, it is said
that 100000 men will leave the order The
printers have taken sides with the Montanks
in the quarrel Silver manufacturers in the
East have notified their men to withdraw from
the order. The lockout of the journeymen
silversmiths in New York still continues.
Canon Wilberforce and wife have
arrived at New York from England
The Legislature of Ontario, by q
vote of 80 to %, adopted a resolution of SYM
pathy with Ireland and expressing regret that
coercion is about to be resorted TO.
Henry George, in the last number of
his paper, the Standard, says he was the first
person to tell Davitt, Dillon, and Parnell
about the Phoenix Park butchery. He got
telegram from Dublin concerning the crime.
He says:
I Immediately made what haste I could to
the Westminster Hotel. and waking up navitt
showed him the telegram. Springing up with
intense emotion, no at once sent for Messrs
Dillon and Parnell All three, well as other
members of the Irish party who were subse-
queutly sent for were deeply panied and
grieved at the news. Davitt seemed so much
~cut up" by it that really felt for him, but the
man who seemed stirred most was Parnell-or-
dinarily the most undemon strative of human
beings-and the first impulse he talked of
Immediately resigning and leaving public life
forever. There could be no question of the real
feelings OF these men-especially Parnell.
1t is well known that George does not feel
kindly toward Parnell since the latter con-
demned the George naturalization scheme
Tho testimony is all the more valuable on that
account